|
Test Series |
Year |
Location | Number of Tests |
Total Yield* |
| Operation Ranger |
1951 |
U.S.A. |
5 |
40 KT |
| Operation Buster-Jangle |
1951 |
U.S.A. |
7 |
72 KT |
| Operation Tumbler-Snapper |
1952 |
U.S.A. |
8 |
104 KT |
| Operation Upshot-Knothole |
1953 |
U.S.A. |
11 |
252.4 KT |
| Operation Teapot |
1955 |
U.S.A. |
14 |
167 KT |
| Operation Plumbbob |
1957 |
U.S.A. |
24 |
208 KT |
| Operation Hardtack II |
1958 |
U.S.A. |
19 |
45.5 KT |
| Operation Dominic II |
1962 |
U.S.A. |
4 |
.5 KT |
| Plowshare Program |
1961-1962 |
U.S.A. |
2** |
107 KT |
| Total Yield | 986.4 KT*** |
* Device yield is expressed as an equivilancy of thousands of ton of TNT. 40 KT equals 40,000 tons of TNT
** Plowshare Program total detonations were 27, 25 of which were underground.
*** The device detonated above Hiroshima Japan, August 6 1945, dubbed "Little Boy" had an approximate yield of 20 KT. 66,000 were killed, total casualties exceeded 135,000. The device detonated above Nagasaki Japan, August 9 1945, dubbed "Fat Man" had an approximate yield of 20 Kt. 39,000 were killed, total casualties approximately 64,000 people.
| Event | Date | Type | Yield (kilotons) |
| ABLE | 27 January | Airdrop | 1 |
| BAKER | 28 January | Airdrop | 8 |
| EASY | 1 February | Airdrop | 1 |
| BAKER-2 | 2 February | Airdrop | 8 |
| FOX | 6 February | Airdrop | 22 |
| Event | Date | Type | Yield (kilotons) |
| ABLE | 22 October | Tower |
<0.1 |
| BAKER | 28 October | Airdrop |
3.5 |
| CHARLIE | 30 October | Airdrop |
14 |
| DOG | 1 November | Airdrop |
21 |
| EASY | 5 November | Airdrop |
31 |
| SUGAR | 19 November | Surface |
1.2 |
| UNCLE | 29 November | Underground |
1.2 |
| Event | Date | Type | Yield (kilotons) |
| ABLE | 1 April | Airdrop |
1 |
| BAKER | 15 April | Airdrop |
1 |
| CHARLIE | 22 April | Airdrop |
31 |
| DOG | 1 May | Airdrop |
19 |
| EASY | 7 May | Tower |
12 |
| FOX | 25 May | Tower |
11 |
| GEORGE | 1 June | Tower |
15 |
| HOW | 5 June | Tower |
14 |
| Event | Date | Type | Yield (Kilotons) |
| ANNIE | 17 March | Tower |
16 |
| NANCY | 24 March | Tower |
24 |
| RUTH | 31 March | Tower |
0.2 |
| DIXIE | 6 April | Airdrop |
11 |
| RAY | 11 April | Tower |
0.2 |
| BADGER | 18 April | Tower |
23 |
| SIMON | 25 April | Tower |
43 |
| ENCORE | 8 May | Airdrop |
27 |
| HARRY | 19 May | Tower |
32 |
| GRABLE | 25 May | Airburst |
15 |
| CLIMAX | 4 June | Airdrop |
61 |
| Event | Date | Type | Yield (kilotons) |
| WASP | 18 February | Airdrop |
1 |
| MOTH | 22 February | Tower |
2 |
| TESLA | 1 March | Tower |
7 |
| TURK | 7 March | Tower |
43 |
| HORNET | 12 March | Tower |
4 |
| BEE | 22 March | Tower |
8 |
| ESS | 23 March | Crater |
1 |
| APPLE 1 | 29 March | Tower |
14 |
| WASP PRIME | 29 March | Airdrop |
3 |
| HA | 6 April | Airdrop |
3 |
| POST | 9 April | Tower |
2 |
| MET | 15 April | Tower |
22 |
| APPLE 2 | 5 May | Tower |
29 |
| ZUCCHINI | 15 May | Tower |
28 |
| Event | Date | Type | Yield |
| BOLTZMANN | 28 May | Tower | 12 kilotons |
| FRANKLIN | 2 June | Tower | 140 tons |
| LASSEN | 5 June | Balloon | 0.5 tons |
| WILSON | 18 June | Balloon | 10 kilotons |
| PRISCILLA | 24 June | Balloon | 37 kilotons |
| HOOD | 5 July | Balloon | 74 kilotons |
| DIABLO | 15 July | Tower | 17 kilotons |
| JOHN | 19 July | Air to air missile | about 2 kilotons |
| KEPLER | 24 July | Tower | 10 kilotons |
| OWENS | 25 July | Balloon | 9.7 kilotons |
| STOKES | 7 August | Balloon | 19 kilotons |
| SHASTA | 18 August | Tower | 17 kilotons |
| DOPPLER | 23 August | Balloon | 11 kilotons |
| FRANKLIN PRIME | 30 August | Balloon | 4.7 kilotons |
| SMOKY | 31 August | Tower | 44 kilotons |
| GALILEO | 2 September | Tower | 11 kilotons |
| WHEELER | 6 September | Balloon | 197 tons |
| LAPLACE | 8 September | Balloon | 1 kilotons |
| FIZEAU | 14 September | Tower | 11 kilotons |
| NEWTON | 16 September | Balloon | 12 kilotons |
| RAINIER | 19 September | Tunnel | 1.7 kilotons |
| WHITNEY | 23 September | Tower | 19 kilotons |
| CHARLESTON | 28 September | Balloon | 12 kilotons |
| MORGAN | 7 October | Balloon | 8 kilotons |
| Event | Date |
Type |
Yield (kilotons) |
| EDDY | 19 September |
Balloon |
0.083 |
| MORA | 29 September |
Balloon |
2 |
| TAMALPAIS | 8 October |
Tunnel |
0.072 |
| QUAY | 10 October |
Tower |
0.079 |
| LEA | 13 October |
Balloon |
1.4 |
| HAMILTON | 15 October |
Tower |
0.0012 |
| LOGAN | 16 October |
Tunnel |
5 |
| DONA ANA | 16 October |
Balloon |
0.037 |
| RIO ARRIBA | 18 October |
Tower |
0.090 |
| SOCORRO | 22 October |
Balloon |
6 |
| WRANGELL | 22 October |
Balloon |
0.115 |
| RUSHMORE | 22 October |
Balloon |
0.188 |
| SANFORD | 26 October |
Balloon |
4.9 |
| DE BACA | 26 October |
Balloon |
2.2 |
| EVANS | 29 October |
Tunnel |
0.055 |
| MAZAMA | 29 October |
Tower |
NMY* |
| HUMBOLDT | 29 October |
Tower |
0.0078 |
| SANTA FE | 30 October |
Balloon |
1.3 |
| BLANCA | 30 October |
Tunnel |
22 |
| Event | Date | Type | Yield (kilotons) |
| LITTLE FELLER II | 7 July | Surface |
Low |
| JOHNIE BOY | 11 July | Crater |
0.5 |
| SMALL BOY | 14 July | Tower |
Low |
| LITTLE FELLER I | 17 July | Surface |
Low |
| Event | Date | Type | Yield (kilotons) |
| GNOME | 10 December 1961 | Shaft | 3 |
| SEDAN | 6 July 1962 | Crater | 104 |
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